ICE CREAM STOOL PIGEON

TEN-MINUTE PREMIIUM (18% MILKFAT) DARK COMEDY/SPOOF. A bowl of vanilla ice cream, the linchpin to an international, multibillion-dollar racket, has been arrested and sits in the interrogation room at Metro Central Command – North Gate Precinct. But police officers Beck and Bull have only mere minutes to get information out of him and take down the whole crooked operation before defense lawyers come to get him...

TEN-MINUTE PREMIIUM (18% MILKFAT) DARK COMEDY/SPOOF. A bowl of vanilla ice cream, the linchpin to an international, multibillion-dollar racket, has been arrested and sits in the interrogation room at Metro Central Command – North Gate Precinct. But police officers Beck and Bull have only mere minutes to get information out of him and take down the whole crooked operation before defense lawyers come to get him. What length will the officers go to show that they're lactose intolerant ... to crime? "Ice Cream Stool Pigeon" is a silly, high-premium (18% milkfat) farcical dark comedy.

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  • Dan West: ICE CREAM STOOL PIGEON

    You know a play is something special when it leaves you both laughing and shedding tears of genuine grief over an inanimate bowl of ice cream. This short Steven G. Martin spoof of the police procedural drama is just such a play. Officers Beck and Bull have just ten minutes to get their “witness” to spill the beans on an international criminal conspiracy or else their opportunity beat the mob may melt away like yesterday’s sundae. A tautly crafted (and delightfully tasty) absurdist treat..

    You know a play is something special when it leaves you both laughing and shedding tears of genuine grief over an inanimate bowl of ice cream. This short Steven G. Martin spoof of the police procedural drama is just such a play. Officers Beck and Bull have just ten minutes to get their “witness” to spill the beans on an international criminal conspiracy or else their opportunity beat the mob may melt away like yesterday’s sundae. A tautly crafted (and delightfully tasty) absurdist treat..

  • Philip Middleton Williams: ICE CREAM STOOL PIGEON

    "In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime...." You know the rest, but in this wonderfully delicious dessert of a send-up, Steven G. Martin doesn't get past the police before we're scooped up into it, and no cone of silence will keep you from laughing and groaning at this dish that is best served cold. You'll eat it up.

    "In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime...." You know the rest, but in this wonderfully delicious dessert of a send-up, Steven G. Martin doesn't get past the police before we're scooped up into it, and no cone of silence will keep you from laughing and groaning at this dish that is best served cold. You'll eat it up.

  • Scott Cantrell: ICE CREAM STOOL PIGEON

    I love when a play leaves me going "what the f#¢&"! This play is crazy, wild, absurd and hilarious! It's a play that shouldn't make sense but everything comes together in a way that surprisingly works beautifully. I would definitely love to be front row for a production of this marvelous play.

    I love when a play leaves me going "what the f#¢&"! This play is crazy, wild, absurd and hilarious! It's a play that shouldn't make sense but everything comes together in a way that surprisingly works beautifully. I would definitely love to be front row for a production of this marvelous play.

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Character Information

VANILLA ICE CREAM’s lines are italicized and in parentheses. This is to provide context for the actors who play BECK and BULL; the lines are not to be said or conveyed to the audience. Additionally, VANILLA ICE CREAM is to be played by a real bowl of at least five scoops of vanilla ice cream, not a human in costume nor a recorded voice nor an offstage voice.
  • BECK
    The Good Cop. Part of a sting operation to catch a traitor in the force.
    Character Age
    Older than BULL
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Any
  • BULL
    The Crooked Cop. Secretly on the payroll of the Gelato crime family.
    Character Age
    Younger than BECK.
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Any
  • VANILLA ICE CREAM
    A bowl of at least five scoops of premium vanilla ice cream, no toppings. BULL sometimes calls him “Vic” for short.